James Miller & Olga Slavnikova

Two novelists from different backgrounds have created visions of the near future at opposite ends of the world. Olga Slavnikova’s 2017 won the Russian Booker Prize for its depiction of the country 100 years after the Soviet revolution, while James Miller’s Sunshine State is an apocalyptic thriller set in a post-holocaust Florida. This intriguing event considers how the things we are doing today might impact on our future.

The future can never be disconnected from the past

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